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Throughout the night hundreds'' of shivering women and children stood In the cold about the tiffhtly sealed shafts waiting for day. white-faced widows and fatherless children stared In wide. eyed hopelessness at the rescuers. Occasionally & wall of grief from some woman set all the rest shlvenlng and sobbing but most of them were quiet. The first cage was dropped into 'the -mam shaft today, since the Are broke out. Daylight had scarcely broken when the four experts, James Hand : of Spring' Valley; Henry Smith, of Peru; James Taylor, ,of Peoria, and R.l-Y. Williams, of the United States rescue station at Urbana, Ills., began their dereent and dense clouds of steam and -mnofce bcjeHed. . from the Te-opened - mouth bf the shaft. K great column -' of vapor, arose straight Into the frosty me ejiuitirerw wviv muiuueu - oxygen .helmets and telephones. With. 'out -those devices descent would have been Impossible. ; The first word re ceved' fr6m the bottom of the shaft .seemed to confirm the worst fears. An effort was made to keep it secret, but the word was: "They are lying about everywhere." . Ffty or more of the oxygen helmets will reach here from Pittsburg toaay. They are being rushed through by special train. As soon as they arrive a lares party will go down the shaft. The belief that any of the Imprisoned men remain alive was- practically abandoned until a miner named Red- enskl reported at dawn that he had heard signalling during the nignt. The Inquest was resumed by Coroner a. H. Malm today. Eleven witnesses will be heard. The sufferings of the women and children who refused to go to bed even after the shafts of the death trap m wnicn their loved ones were caught had been sealed for the night Increased with ever hour. A heavy frost covered the ground and the sufferers shivered TlMtfullV. j Those women who believe there is hope for the lives ot the imprisoned men besieged the mine officers early tnriav and denied that there be no further delay in opening the shafts. . "I want my man," shrieked a tall, bony -woman waving her shawl frantl- cally. . - ; , : .. The , woman had to be removed by force.l ' ,. - -''. ' . The first effort, to .descend the shaft failed. The big cages had been Jammed by the heat. Mechanics repaired , the damage, working' with lanterns. In 2 minutes-the gears moved smoothly an preparation" were made to send dawn the first explorer.. . " Dan Hartigan who was one of those escaping by a halrsbreadth In final ef forts at rescue before .the mine was sealed, said today that he believed there were-meu living In the lower level. Harrlgan Is a foreman of the mine. His partner In the rescue party remained In the passage an Instant tod long and died. , . ;; . think the men In, the lower level are living ; or that , at least . omeOf them, are," he said. "Dynamite "hots have been, heard, from workings half a nitle f rotn th shaft durlpgj e nlgh I believe these may have baen set off by mt ImprfMMd In the mine i to let US know the ar making a flgut. - "it is powihio uero may h,av! been old cartridge t off by the heat but I don't think , ,,own President SSarJlng-s car Is drawn up wltblp fifteen-feet o, "",! With him; arf several ogjcjals of tno t0t&. Eearllng personaUy directed operations rising; before- dawo-v first word Uia came up h,sh" that "they, are lying, al about ' denied by thOM at the, pit mouth but It obtwined general credence. -The next words were prett flck mfnutes aSd the, It was decWrjd that Over- a hundfeo- oiun,wr the V.'2; Started within a few-houre, sodu m 'repairs can b made. (Continued on Page seven, j - FEDERATION ONTHEtlffi EXPLOSION John Mitchel Intfcdaces Reso lution of Sympathy for the Sderers ATTACK ON STELZL&NINETY DAYS IN JAIL Four Page Circular Ridiculing1 the Total Abstinence Element of the Oonvention Was . IMstribeited Among the Delegates Rev. Chas. Stelsle ;Carrlcatured - MorHsan ana uompers , Keruse : to JnscBM the Action of the Philadelphia Body Calling for General gtrike John Mitchell Says, However, That ! Unions Would be Opposed to Such Strike. ' ' ' ; J ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Toronto, Ont., Nov, 1 5 The first business transacted on the first day of the second week of the American Federation of Labor convention was the adoption of a resolution of sym pathy with the families of the vic tims of the mining; disaster at CUer ry, Ills. The resolution was Intro aucea oy jonn jwitcnen ana was unanimously endorsed by a standing vote. , A four page circular ridiculing the total abstinence element in the con vention was distributed among the delegates this morning. The clrcu lar contains two cartoons,; on of them .caricaturing Rev. . Charles Stelrle, organizer ot the big ahtl-sa- loon meeting held in. Maseey Hall yesterday afternoon. -.-i President Gompers and Secretary Morrison today positively refused to say a word on the action of the Phil' adelphla Central Labor Union In urg ing a general strike when the labor leaders go to jail for contempt. Jno, Mitchell, however, was not averse to expressing an opinion. He said: "I do not believe that the sugges tion of the Philadelphia central body would have the desired effect, even if generally carried out. Moreover, I am confident that the delegates to this convention and the officers of the international unions would be oppos ed to such a strike as is proposed by our good friends in Philadelphia." SATURDAY NIGHT IN WILSON. Blind Tiger Arrested Convict Guard Shoots Up Town Negro Woman Steals a Watch. (Special to The Times) Wilson, Nov. 15 Beside the close beer drunks Saturday night the Wil son police had their hands full. Sam Joes, colored, was arrested for maintaining a blind tiger, and the proof against him seems positive. Floyd Herndon, a guard at the stockade, came to town, got razzie dazsled and shot up the town. He was arrested, run in add his gun taken away from him. He put up his watch, for his appearance before MayOr Brlggs at the proper time. Lethia Proctor, for the larceny of a watch was run in and placed be hind the' barsi; ; MAKES DEFENSE ((By Leased Wire to The Times.) Boston, Mass., Nov. 15 Mrs. Auguste Stetson deposed leader' ef the first churo of Christ, Scientist, of New York, Is in Boston today to defend her. self before..! the ' authorities of the mother church.. ' ' ' ' , : Twice administered and compelled to give up. her place as head of the New York' church following charges of im proper practice of mental science, Mrs. Stetson now face; the extreme penalty provided in the Christian Science man ual, ex-communlcatlon. Upon her de fense before the church authorities here depends her future relations with the church. Her friends are confident she will refute all charge. Her foes are positive, that .her; summons here means banishment from the church, ' Mrs.' Stetson will ..be given; oppor tunity to be fully heard by her, own testimony and that of whatever wit nesses she i may call and utilise the services of ecclesiastic counsel', Of her pwn choosing. ' " Mm. Stetson; arrived here last night. With her came M. EL Pearson, who is understood, will act' as hep- sten ographer at the hearings, here, aud KMln riunn. Hat rAald. Her counsel mm proWwy- he Payw. Pavls who.: fs tomaeX tof tM ho&ri of trustees of the New York church. They alt-are staying at ths Touralne. LYKMG PARIYME JEJMCED Supreme Court Proncances Sentence ia , the Case of Tennessee Lynchers Six Men Who Participated in Lynch Ing at Chatanooga , in 1906 Are Sentenced to Terms in Jail for Con tempt of Court Xegro Had Been , Tried for Criminal Assault ,by State Court and AppUbatkin Had Been Made for an Appeal When ' Mob . Took Him Out and Hanged Him Finding of Court -Wo Announced -T . .4.'..,. ' ( By Leased Wire to The Times) 'Washington,,. Nov. 15 The su prerae court of the United States to day pronounced sentence in the case of former Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp, former Deputy Sheriff Jeremiah Gib son, and Henry Padgett, Luther Wil Hams,-Nick i Nolan.. and . William Maysk'all of Chattanooga, Tenn charged with contempt of that court. Shipp, Williams and Nolan were sentenced to ninety days and Gibson, Mays and Padgett to sixty days in the District of Columbia United States Jail. : Williams' attorneys asked that they' be allowed to serve the sentence in some southern jail because of his il) health. This application - was taken under advisement. The law' yers for the other defendants then made .tbJme Application, .for. their. clients. The court also took this un der advisement. Defendants were" placed in the cus tody of Marshal Wright, pending the decision of the court as to changing the place of confinement. Chief Justice Fuller, in delivering sentense, said in part: "You have been fully heard orally and by printed brief and after further consideration you nave been found guilty. You have alsp been permitted severally to present petitions for re hearing and move that leave be granted to file them, which, after consideration have been denied. "We need not dwell upon the de structive consequences of permitting the transactions complained of to pass into a precedent for unpunished contempts." The cases originated in the court's deciding, in March, 1906, to consider the appeal of a negro named Ed. Johnson, from a verdict of the Ten nessee court, holding him guilty and sentencing him to be hanged on a charge of assault. The night after the determination of the supreme court to review the proceedings in the case was wired to Chattanooga, where Johnson was locked up, a mob stormed the jail, took him. out, and lynched him. Ia the opinion ot five justices, in cluding Crief Justice Fuller, these men were guilty -of an act of con tempt in conniving at or participating in the lynching ot Johnson. Johnson had been convicted of assault on a school girl and sentenced to death by a state court. The United States cir cuit court refused' to grant a writ of habeas corpus and on March 17th, three days before the date set for the execution, an application was made to Justice Harlan, of the supreme court at Washington, for an appeal from the order o fthe circuit court. This was allowed, and two days later an order was made by the su preme court directing that all pro ceedings against Johnson' be Btayea pending an appeal. That night a mob- surrounded the jail, seized the prisoner, bound him, and then took him to the county bridge over the Tennessee river, about six blocks from the jail, and lynched him: The first time Johnson was strung up the rope broke and he dropped to the ground. Ho was swung up a sec ond time and shot. Other shots were fired, and he again fejl, and ten min utes later, after members of the mob had emptied their revolvers, he was dead. - That disregard of the stay of execution by the supreme court es tablished a precedent and imme diately the federal government, ipjiirred on by, the court, took steps to punish the offenders. ': A thorough investigation was made by the department of justice and pror Icecdlugs were instituted against the snerul nu gtweniy-sui oiuwr uou, in cluding several depttWiM ' Those pro eeiedings were dismissed ; against all of then except Sheriff Snipp, ueptay Sheriffs Gibson, Williams, Nolan, I (Continued on Page Seven.) Uigustn 4- New picture of Mrs, Augsta E. 1 11,1 gy f 51 THANKSGIVING f PROCLAMATION f . I leader, and the interior of the magnificent First Church of Christ Scien tist, New York, where the controversy is waging. The photograph shows Mrs. Stetson wearing the diamond lu Udfly. ORDER OF RAILROAD CON DUCTORS ANNUAL BANQUET The annual meeting of the Raleigh Division, No. 264, of Order of Rail way Conductors was held here yes. terday morning in their hall on the second floor of the Insurance build ing. . . 4 This meeting was held yesterday for the reason that a large number of the conductors were unable to get or during the week. After transacting the routine busi ness of the order the members, with few invited friends to the number of sixty-six, met at Giersch's Hotel, where the an mini banquet was held. This was one of the mpst elaborate ffairs ever held in Raleigh and for over two hours the members and guests sat before the bountiful feast that the committee, composed of Messrs. W. W. Newman, James Ge- row and M. M. Oreen had arranged. The following menu was served: Celery Blue Points . Queen Olive Consomme Prlntoniere Royal Kennebec Salmon, Hollandalse Potatoes Natural. Tenderloin of Beef, Larded Dutchess Potatoes Cauliflower, Polo naise Terrapin, Maryland Roast Young Turkey, Chestnut dress ing, Cranberry Sauce, Glazed Sweet Potatoes IlusBian Salad. Ice Cream, Neojiolltan Assorted Cake Edom ,, Coffee . y: Bents. Handsome menu cards were dis tributed, these being in the colors of the Order, red, green and white. On the last leaf was a picture of Mr. W. W. Newmans who has been secretary and treasurer of the Raleigh Division ' for the past fifteen years, - E. Stetson and Interior of Church Stetson, the deposed Christian Science ixx li containing the picture of Mrs. The affair was a most delightful one to both members of the order and invited guests, and the memory of it will linger long with them. Officers Elected. C. C James Gerow. A. C. C M. G. Jones. S. and T. W. W. Newman. ' S. and C. R..L. Snyder. ' Jr. C. R. H. Adams. I. S. Geo. W. Bradly. , O. S. J. W. Keys. -.,.. Board of Trustees. -J. B. Hogan, J. R. Stephens, and T. E. Richardson. Correspondent to the "Conductor". J. A. Mattherson. Cipher Correspondent W. W. Newman. After the banquet the Division re assembled and the newly-elected offi cers were installed. The following attended the ban quet: The members of the Division who were present were Messrs. W. W. Newman, T. F. Wiilson, W. D. Smith, A. T. Pritchett, J, T. Brevard, T. E. Richardson, J. T. Singleton, James Gerow, O. H. Lanier, W. E. Bright, G. C. Heritage, W. Meacham, J. W. Drake. C. A. Saflenger, R. T. Snider, .1. B. Hogan, Sr., T. Williams, C. M. Baucom, G. w7 Bradly,' W. J. Lynd, .1. B. Davis, H. H. Thomas, D. B. Oglesby, E. H. Ooodeen, G. M. Las sller, M. M. Green, W. K. Lewis, A. A. Parrish, M. G. Jones, Geo. W. Bradley, R. H. Adams, E. W. Meach am, F. J. Caruthers, J. A. Mattherson, J.'T. Kirkpatrick, C. W: Hnff. Jno. W. Keys,. J. W. Foster, J. H. Elling v iCoutlnued oa Page Seven.) ' (Ry Leosoil Wrle to The Times.) Washington. Nov. 15 President Taft today issued his Thanksgiving procla mation, naming Thursday, November 21th as the date for the observance. The firocluiitation says: Py the president of. thu ITnlted States "A. prjW'Wmation. - - - ' ' ; "The season of the. year has returned when, in accordance with tho reverent custom establishment by our fore fathers the people of the-.United States arc wont to meet in their usual places nf worship 'on a day of thanksgiving appointed by the civil magistrate to return thanks to God for the great mercies and benefits which they have enjoyed. "During the past year we have been highly blessed. No sreat calamities of Hood or tempest or epidemic sickness have befallen us. We have lived in quietness undisturbed by wars or rumors of warn. Pence and the plenty of bounteous crops and of great Indus trial production animate a cheeful and resolute people to all the renewed ener. gies of beneficicnt industry and material ami moral progress. It is alto-' gether fitting that we should humbly and gratefully acknowledge the Divine source of these blessings." Therefore I appoint Thursday, the twenty-filth tiny of November, as 'he day of general thanksgiving aside their usual vocations, to repair to their churches and uniie in appropriate set v. ices and thanks to Almighty God." (Sinned) "WILLIAM H. TAFT." TWO MORE ARRESTS FOR COBLE MURDER (Special to The Times) Greensboro, Nov. 15 Deputy sheriffs served additional warrants charging complicity in the murder of Simpson Coble, on Henry Holt and John Amick last night. Amick was brought here this morning and placed in jail. Holt is already in jail, on a charge of running a blockade distill ery, wher&ijthe murder? was commit ted, and for which Coble's father, Dan Coble, and brother-in-law, Hiram Elliott, tire already in jail tinder strong incriminating evidence. The warrant for Robert Holt was not served as he had left the settlement 20 miles from here when the officers arrived. CONFERENCE ENDS. Eastern North Carolina Conference Closes at San ford. (Special to The Times) Sanford, Nov. 15 The Eastern North Carolina Conference, which has been in session here this Week, closed its business sessions Saturday, after a very interesting and profitable meeting. The pulpits of the several churches were filled Sunday morning by the visiting ministers of the con ference. Dr. J. Pressly Barrett,-at the Presbyterian church; Rev. C. E. Newman at the Baptist; Professor Harper, of Elon Colleger at the Meth odlst, and Rev. J. I. Foster at the Christian church.. The attendance on the conference was unusually large' and was com posed, of an earnest and consecrated body ot Christian workers. , m Wtf1 ENGINEER MET DEATH 4 IN ACCIDENT Mr. Thos. C. Enciss Fatally Injured Yesterday SERVED 20 YEARS Engineer Thos. C. Knnis . Received Fatal Injuries Yesterday Morning Near Lynch, Va. Accident Oc curred at 4:10 Death Came at 11. Had Been A Engineer For SO Tears Accident Caused by Blow ing Out of Crown Sheet of Boiler Fireman and Brakeman Injured ' Body Brought Here Last XlghO Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon. -O'clock. Mr. Thomas C. Ennls, one of the old est and most esteemed engineers of the Seaoard Air Line, received inn juries yesterday morning at 440 near Lynch, Va,, while on his run to Rich mond which resulted in his death a few hours later. The accident was due to the blow ing out of the crown sheet of the boiler, which happened near Lynch Va., at 4:10 yesterday morning while the train was descending a grade. It was sup posed that Mr. Ennls jumped from the cab to avoid being scalded to death, and in some manner fell -with one leg under the wheels of the train, as he was found beside the track, with hi right leg crushed below the knee, He was hurried to the Memorial Ho, pital in Riehmond where ft was decided by the surgeons that immediate ampu tation was necessary. The operation was performed, iwit'Str ?mm irtveJr-'Te: covered death occurring about toven . o'clock this morning, the direct case being due to shock , As soon as the news of the, death, reached Raleigh the Brotherhood' " Of Locomotive Engineers, of which ' the deceased was a member, went to the ' aid of the stricken family A commit tee of six consisting Ot Engineers Branch Brooks, Martin, Shepherd, Horton, Fugerson and Ennls was ap pointed to go to Richmond and escort the remains to Raleigh The committee and Mr. P. C. Ennls, brother of the deceased, and Mr. H. B. Cole boarded the noon train for Richmond, - and- brought tbe body back, arriving here at 12:05 this morning The remain wero carried to N Salisbury street, where Mr. Ennls lived with his sister, Mrs. Lawrence (Bowden. He was a son of the late James H. Ennis, of this city, and is survived by one brother and two sisters, Mr. C. Ennis and Mrs. LLawrence Bowden, of this city and Mrs. Hattie B. Hudgins, of Osmand, Caswell county. He was 42 vears old. . The fireman who was with Mr. Ennls escaped, with a slight burn, while the colored brakeman was painfully but not seriously scalded, and is now in a Richmond hospital. Mr. Ennis had been an engineer for 20 years and was considered one of the best In the service, enjoying the high est esteem of his fellow engineers and the railroad officials, and was generally popular with all whom he came in contact with. He began his career in the railroad shops when only a boy and by hard work and strict attention to business had advanced rapidly to the position of engineer. During his long service he was In two wrecks, one of wblchv he was scalded from head to foot. The funeral service will be conducted' from the First Presbyterian church, of which he was a member, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. W. MoC. White, assisted by Rev. W. "C. Tyres who was a close personal friend of the deceased. The interment will be at tended by the local order of Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, from which organization the pall bearers, wil! be chosen. The interment will be In Oakwood Cemetery. . Pall bearers Active: Jno. Mar tin, Sam Linkous, C. L. Ennls, D, E. Pursell, W. M. Tighe, and Q- C. Branch. Honorary: B. R. Lacy, A. E. Muse, C. H. Beckham, Ernest Mar tin, Jno. Robertson, and H. M. Reese, DUNCAN TO BE . GIVEN GOOD PUCE Washington, Nov. 15 One ot the assistant postmaster generalships will go to E. C. Duncan, a prominent re-. publican of North Carolina, accord-, ing to a decision reached today; by Pt-ti IH ian f To ft anil' Pnitm.itdlLAAni eral Hitchcock. ;'V-' ':i"U Bishop McCormack Dead.) v. ' '. s' Dublin, Nov. 16 Ex-bishop Mc Cormack, of Oalway, died tedayj ak . ue BKO OI UA. " - i- - - -j